Thank you

What would we do with out close friends or family in our lives. We all (I hope) have at least one person to whom we can turn to no matter what. What a blessing it is to have these people in our lives to encourage and build each other up. Too often we forget to say thank you or I appreciate you. So if you are one of these friends THANK YOU....you know who you are!! :P

Change

Change is so hard. The adjusting. The learning. The fighting the change.
*sigh*
I do like change, really I do. Most of the time. But it is just so hard to let it happen!



Tomorrow (today rather!) is Lord's Supper. The self-examination is always so hard, so depressing. Once again I know I have come up short, failed my Lord, failed my husband, failed my kids, failed my friends. Once again I see with true clarity how far I have stumbled,

slipped,

and fallen.

I see again that I need the body and the blood of Jesus. I want it. O how much hope it gives me. The Holy Spirit convicts me and through Jesus I can start anew. What a blessing we have.

Times like these make me wonder about the life to come. No more tears, no more hurt. Praising God all day everyday, not just when I "remember" to praise Him. I look forward to that!!

So have a blessed Sunday. May you be fed and uplifted. Solid in the knowledge that His body and blood is sufficient for all! May your faith be strengthened by His Spirit. And may your life reflect His love.

August autumn

Fall usually happens in September. Not so this year. As we head out for the final camping trip of the year, the rain is falling, the leaves are turning colors and the earwigs are out! Yuck.

My kitchen seems to be getting smaller even though it is actually getting bigger! A new pantry is in the process of being finished! Yay! Thank you Dad O. Now with a dishwasher and a HUGE pantry I have nothing to complain about in my kitchen! Hopefully we will start on the spare room/office later this fall and then my dining room area will expand considerably! THEN maybe someone will buy it! :P

It doesn't sound like there will be preschool happening for Felicity this year. Not sure what I will do instead. I may just have to suck it up, pay my library fines, and take her there....although paying for a daycare/preschool idea thingy may be cheaper! ;)

So off we go for another camping trip. Tyee this time. I know there's still no pics up from last time but you'll have to bug Jason for them. He's the picture guy! Enjoy the rainy long weekend. Hope it's not too cold! ;)

Misc.

So, camping was a blast. Interesting to go with the (almost) whole In-Law family. Love them to bits and had a great time. We could not ask for better weather and the campground (tenting area in an rv resort) was perfect for all the kids (10 under the age of 6 1/2, 1 13yr old.) I'm waiting for Jason to finish editing the pics so I'll post later.

Dad and Jakob will be home tomorrow. So excited to see them again! Yay! Their adventure was so neat to follow on their blog and now, slowly, pictures are appearing on Facebook. I am really looking forward to hearing all the other stories they didn't write about.

I finally caved and let my daughter sleep on her tummy. Funny, as a mother of 4 you would think that I would come to terms with the fact that some babies are belly sleepers. Chandler was. But I still have that little twinge of uncertainty when I realize that my baby is going to sleep better but be at a higher risk of SIDS. Still, God will take care of her, she is a strong healthy baby and mom and baby always do better with more sleep! So for the last 2 nights a belly sleeper she has been, and it's been a good sleep! Now to bite the bullet and put her in Chandler's room.... and put my nights of good sleep at risk :P

We're off to Irrigation lake today for the afternoon. A beautiful day to spend on the beach. So glad I have a bathing suit that hides all(or I think does) the baby fat, and is easy to nurse in! If only it were always that easy to feel good in clothes in public. I console myself that my husband and kids love me this way anyway so I'll suck it up(and in :P) and have some fun! See you at the beach!

PS. We're host family tomorrow, so if you're in town, come for church and some lunch!

Update

Ok, so I have been getting harrassed by my faithful readers (yes Jason and Rose that's YOU!) :P So here is the update you've been waiting for!
Peyton Breanne Onderwater made her entrance into this world at 8:25am Thursday July 3. After being in the hospital since the Saturday before, on bed rest due to high blood pressure, her arrival was nothing short of a blessing. I mean it is so BORING sitting in a hospital bed with no baby to take care of or for visitors to ooohh and awe over! She was schedualed to be born on the 8th of July but the doctors bumped up the day. Thanking God for watching over us and letting every thing turn out for the best.
Peyton is a very good little girl. She eat, sleeps, and man does she poop! She even puts up with the loving brother and sisters quite well, with little complaint. Peyton has changed our family, making us realize that we are very blessed to have these beautiful children even though we are not quite sure how to handle all of them at the same time! (Especially during trips to town!)
Next week is camping week! Jason managed to get more time off ( another week) and this time instead of spending it in the hospital we will spend it with the Onderwater clan(most of them) at Sandy's Marina on Francois Lake. I am so excited!!!! Here's hoping for good weather! YAY! The kids are quite happy to go too! They are behaving with the threat that if they don't we won't go camping!(Little do they know we have absolutly no intention of following thru with this particular threat!Great parenting!) As of now, the tent trailer is packed and ready to be hauled to the lake. Only a few things need to be pack yet and they with be put in the van. I am amazed at how organize I am (or have to be) this year! Hopefully this organization thing continues long after the camping season!
So now it is off to bed. Camping shopping tomorrow and hopefully a soccer game or two in Smithers for the Can Ref soccer tourney. And Auntie Evelyn and Uncle Marvin will be here, oh and Ashley too! Yay yay and double yay! Lets go CAMPING( told you I was excited!)
So if I don't update for awhile, just think of me relaxing on a grassy beach letting Jason chase after Chandler while I enjoy a cold one! At least that's what I'm looking forward too! :P Enjoy this week and pics will be up later ...maybe if I get around to it after all the camping laundry...(not even gonna think about that all week!) Happy BC day and enjoy my week off!

Almost there!!!!

Last night was a baby shower for our minister's wife, Kristin and her son George. What a beautiful little boy. Holding him was a shocker for me as well. He was sooooo small...and he's four weeks already!! It really hit home that our little one is not so far away!(Especially when he/she kicked George as I was holding him....I can only assume that this little one does not want to be forgotten already!) The girls room is nearly completed painting, and the baby laundry is almost done. It seems like everything is falling into place, which is nice as I was getting a little worried about that. The OR is booked as of this morning, instructions are written down and I am still a little nervous about the whole ordeal! But, I do remind myself that it is all in God's hands and no amount of worrying is going to change anything.....still the date looms ahead, and it just keeps getting closer..........

Playing....

We kind of have names picked out for the baby....Felicity does know them but has strict instructions not to tell and if anyone asks her...and they have....to tell them the name is Penelope! She thinks it's a great game!

So we spent the afternoon outside. Beautiful sunny day around/in the kiddie pool. Chandler joined us after his nap, and dove right in without hesitation.Oh the fun we shall have at the lake this year with my water rats! The kids love being outside especially in the pool. Never mind that it doesn't fill up more than 4 inches, and the top ring deflates as soon as its inflated! They just love the change in playing and so does Mom...Happy kids = Happy Mom= Happy kids!! :)